>> i think he has some leverage, and he certainly can point to the election results, not only his re-election, but with, of course, adding democrats in the congress and in the house. and you look at the new incoming house republicans, i think a dozen of them have refused to sign norquist's pledge. and in addition to saxby chambliss, you have tom coburn and i think bob corker of tennessee and i don't know mccain of arizona -- and john mccain of arizona all making noises about it's time to leave that 20-year-old tax pledge behind. so i think the environment has shifted, and as you mentioned, gregg, speaker boehner has said revenue's on the table. now, he hasn't said that means an increase in tax rates, but he is open to this idea in a way that i don't think the rhetoric at least suggests he's open to it in a way that was not true before the election. gregg: yeah. brad, even conservative bill kristol said on fox news sunday that republicans should take the president's offer. in fact, let me quote him here. really? the republican party's going to fall on its sword to defend a bunch of millionaire